‘Choose’ rhymes with ‘lose’? I mean c’mon, someone did that shit on purpose 👀

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    You’re probably thinking of the pronunciation of close as in ‘close to you’

    I was thinking of the pronunciation of close as in ‘close the door’

    Which is pronounced the same as clothes.

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      2 months ago

      Those still aren’t pronounced the same. The th in clothes isn’t silent.

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        2 months ago

        I’m not sure where you’re from, but the th is indeed silent in my area regarding the word ‘clothes’. I’ve never heard it pronounced any different than ‘close’.

        Now if it’s said as ‘clothing’, the th is indeed pronounced. But not for ‘clothes’. And I’ve worked at a clothing store before.

        You might be thinking of the word ‘cloths’, which indeed does pronounce the th.

        English is weird like that.

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          I’m not sure where you’re from, but the th is indeed silent in my area regarding the word ‘clothes’. I’ve never heard it pronounced any different than ‘close’.

          I’m not sure where you’re from, the th in is always pronounced in my area regarding the word ‘clothes’. I’ve never heard it pronounced the same as ‘close’

          I will say that people got called out for pronouncing it the same as the spice ‘cloves’.

          FWIW My area = rural southern UK.

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            I’m in the US and I pronounce it, I think a lot of people do? Maybe I just know a lot of snobs and “regular” Americans mush the word together but I don’t think so

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            You seem like the sort of person that would pronounce the word often with a hard T, yet still pronounce the letter A as if it was an O.

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              You seem like the sort of person that would pronounce the word often with a hard T,

              Not at all. Used to make fun of people who did.

              yet still pronounce the letter A as if it was an O.

              No - there are two sounds for A, bath (short, as in cat) for tub of usually hot water and Bath (long, as in car) for the city famous for its hot water. Never heard it like O - no, wait… RP has an O sounding A doesn’t it? Lloyd Grossman was famous for his mangling of vowel sounds.

              ETA that distinction for the A sound is probably familial rather than regional; grew up with Geordie mam and Home counties dad.